flood

The word “flood” means an overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry. In plain terms, water overflowing onto dry land, or a huge, sudden rush of something.

“Flood” is pronounced fluhd (/flʌd/ in IPA).

Here is “flood” used in a sentence: “The flood destroyed dozens of homes along the river.”

The opposite of “flood” — its antonyms — is drain.

Depending on how it is used, “flood” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “flood” comes from Old English. From Old English flōd, from a Germanic root meaning "to flow" — related to flow, fleet, and flow itself.

“Flood” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

“Flood” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: an overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.

A flood is an overflow of water that covers land normally dry, and it can build up over hours or days. A flash flood is a sudden, fast-rising flood that develops very quickly, often after heavy rain, giving people little warning.

A flood is an overflow of water covering dry land. A 'deluge' emphasizes a severe, overwhelming amount of water or a heavy downpour, so a deluge is a particularly heavy or dramatic flood or rainfall.

Yes. Besides an overflow of water, 'flood' means a large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once, as in 'a flood of emails' or 'a flood of applications'. In this sense it stresses sheer quantity rather than literal water.